#754276

sRGB · 117 / 66 / 118

#754276 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 117 red, 66 green and 118 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 298.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 28.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 36.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.51:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 117, 66, 118
HSL: 298.85°, 28.26%, 36.08%
HSV / HSB: 298.85°, 44.07%, 46.27%
CMYK (approx.): 0.85%, 44.07%, 0.00%, 53.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 12.554, 8.987, 18.213
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 35.959, 30.674, -20.606
WCAG relative luminance: 0.08986
24-bit decimal: 7684726

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #754276 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.80:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.51:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#437642 sits half a turn (180°) from #754276 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#754276 #437642

Analogous

#5B4276 and #76425D sit 30° to either side of #754276. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#5B4276 #754276 #76425D

Triadic

#754276, #767542 and #427675 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#754276 #767542 #427675

Split complementary

Start at #754276 and look across the wheel. #5D7642 and #42765B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#754276 #5D7642 #42765B

Square

Starting with #754276, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #765B42, #437642, then #425D76. Across the square, #754276 pairs with #437642, and #765B42 with #425D76.

#754276 #765B42 #437642 #425D76

Tetradic

#754276 and #437642 are opposites, as are #764243 and #427675. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#754276 #764243 #437642 #427675

Tints

Mixing #754276 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #916891, keeps 80% of the original. By #E3D9E4, the mixture is 80% white.

#754276 #916891 #AC8EAD #C8B3C8 #E3D9E4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #754276 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5E355E, keeps 80% of the original. By #170D18, the mixture is 80% black.

#754276 #5E355E #462847 #2F1A2F #170D18 #000000

Tones

Mixing #754276 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #774E78, keeps 80% of the original. By #7E747E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#754276 #774E78 #795B7A #7C677C #7E747E #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#754276

RGB

rgb(117 66 118)

HSL

hsl(298.846 28.261% 36.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #754276;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#754276 uses 117 red, 66 green and 118 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 45.9%

Green 25.9%

Blue 46.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #754276 is 0.8% cyan, 44.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 53.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.8%

Magenta 44.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 53.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #774477. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #747 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #754276 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #663366, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #774477 Nearest web-safe · #663366

Gradient to complement

#754276 #6D4B6D #645365 #5C5C5C #546553 #4B6D4B #437642

Color vision previews

Compare how #754276 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#3D5078

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#4B5774

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#784756

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#564D77

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5A5175

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#74456C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#555555

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#664C67

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.17789 G 0.05448 B 0.18116

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.43144 G 0.26845 B 0.45159

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.15598 G 0.05858 B 0.17194

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.316 y 0.226 Y 8.987

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 54.118 M % 74.118 Y % 53.725

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01110101 01000010 01110110